Telling true stories : navigating the challenges of writing narrative non-fiction / Matthew Ricketson [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ricketson, Matthew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative nonfiction--Authorship.

Creative nonfiction.

English language--Rhetoric.

English language.

Authorship--Technique.

Authorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2014.

Summary:

Explores the key challenges in writing narrative non-fiction, and shows how some of the best in the business do it - an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to tell true stories well.

Contents:

Intro

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT PAGE

DEDICATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. WHY TRUE STORIES MATTER

2. WHAT MAKES A TRUE STORY?

3. LEARNING FROM THE JOURNALISTIC METHOD

4. LEARNING FROM THE NOVELIST'S SENSIBILITY

5. THE JANET MALCOLM DILEMMA: DEVELOPING TRUST WITH PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND KEEPING EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE

6. THE VALUE OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS FACT AND WHAT IS FICTION BEFORE WRITING

7. THE NARRATOR'S VOICE: MORE THAN A QUESTION OF WRITERLY CHOICE

8. DESCRIPTION: FINDING THE BALANCE BETWEEN VIVID INTIMACY AND UNNECESSARY HURTFULNESS

9. WHAT IF YOU WEREN'T THERE? THE DIFFICULTIES OF RECONSTRUCTING SCENES AND DIALOGUE

10. INTERIOR MONOLOGUES: ARE THEY 'ONE MORE DOORBELL TO PUSH', OR THE PROVINCE OF FICTION?

11. WHAT DO READERS EXPECT OF NARRATIVE NON-FICTION?

12. BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP OF INFORMED TRUST WITH READERS

CONCLUSION

A CHECKLIST FOR WRITERS OF NARRATIVE NON-FICTION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-74269-853-0